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Place of Birth : Leavenworth, Kansas USA
Date of Birth : May 29th, 1961
Name of Birth : Melissa Lou Etheridge
Job : Musician
Education :
Leavenworth High School, Leavenworth - Kansas.
Graduated in 1979
Berklee College of Music, Boston - Massachusetts.
Left Berklee after one year to pursue music career.
Wrote her first song at age 10, " longly as a child ".
Quote :
" I wanted the big picture,singing about passion and desire, and love of any kind."

Became famous with :
Hit single's " BMSW ", " Like the way I do "," Come to my window "

Married to : Tammy Lynn ( Tamara Doring ) Michaels began dating since summer 2001.
They sealed them love for eachother in a wedding at 20/09/2003 in Malibu C.A.

Place of Birth : Lafayette - Indiana, USA
Date of Birth : November 26th, 1974
Job : Actress > famous from the USA serie " Popular" & playing a scene in " The L word "
She also performed in Melissa's videoclip " I want to be in love " in 2004.

Before Tammy
Julie Cypher.
Cypher was married to actor Lou Diamond Phillips; they divorced in 1990
Place of Birth : Tulsa - OK
Date of Birth : September 04th, 1964
Job : filmmaker - video director.
She and Melissa met August 23, 1988 - Separated September 2000.
Lived next door to each other for a few years to share custody of the children.
Melissa now still share's custody with ex partner Julie Cypher but entered a new house with wife Tammy Lynn Michaels.

Family:
Mother : Elizabeth Etheridge
Date of Birth : <unknown>
Job : U.S Army computer specialist at Fourth Leavenworth.

Father : John Etheridge
Date of Birth : <unknown>
Job : Former high school teacher.Basketball coach,math teacher and athletic director.
Drove Melissa to her first gigs.
Melissa's father past away in 1991.

Sister : Jennifer Etheridge
Date of Birth : May 29th, 1957
Job : <unknown>

Children of Melissa & Tammy :
Bailey Jean
Date of Birth : February 10th, 1997
Beckett
Date of Birth : November 18th, 1998
Daughter Johnnie Rose and Son Miller Steven
Date of Birth : October 17th, 2006


Music Awards :
1992: Grammy: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, "Ain't It Heavy"
1994: Grammy: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, "Come to My Window"
Oscar :
2007: Oscar: Best Song from a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual by the Grammys® for “I Need To Wake Up.”
For the movie "An Inconvenient Truth", 26 febr

Fact:
Melissa played for Leavenworth prison in Kansas, about which she said:
" Prisons have the most enthusiastic audiences.It's like playing for 2,000 people who all want to be entertained."